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These names are used primarily to refer to historical persons. They are not commonly used by other people.
There are 102 names matching your criteria.

ALODIA   f   History
Possibly from a Visigothic name derived from the Germanic elements ala "other, foreign" and od "riches, wealth"... [more]
ALPHEGE   m   History
Medieval form of ÆLFHEAH
ALPHONSUS   m   History
Latinized form of ALFONSO... [more]
ALWILDA   f   History
Latinized form of ALFHILD... [more]
ARTAXERXES   m   Ancient Persian (Hellenized), History, Biblical
Greek form of the Persian name Artakhshathra meaning "righteous ruler"... [more]
ATHELSTAN   m   History
Modern form of ÆÐELSTAN
ATTILA   m   History, Hungarian, Turkish
Means "little father" from Gothic atta "father" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]
AURANGZEB   m   History
Means "honouring the throne" in Persian... [more]
BEDE   m   History
Modern form of the Old English name Baeda, possibly related to Old English bed "prayer"... [more]
BONAVENTURE   m   History
Variant of BONAVENTURA
BORIS   m   Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, German, History
From the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf"... [more]
BRUNHILDA   f   History
Variant of BRÜNHILD, referring to the Frankish queen.
CAEDMON   m   History
Meaning unknown, though the first element is likely connected to Brythonic caed meaning "battle"... [more]
CAJETAN   m   History
English form of CAIETANUS
CALIGULA   m   History
Means "little boot" in Latin... [more]
CAMBYSES   m   History
From Καμβυσης (Kambyses), the Greek form of the Old Persian name Kambujiya, which is of unknown meaning... [more]
CANUTE   m   History
Anglicized form of KNUT
CARLOMAN   m   History, Ancient Germanic
From a Germanic name derived from karl (see CHARLES) and man "man"... [more]
CHARLEMAGNE   m   History
From Old French Charles le Magne meaning "CHARLES the Great"... [more]
CNUT   m   History
Variant of KNUT
CONFUCIUS   m   History
Anglicized form of the Chinese name Kong Fu Zi... [more]
CONSTANTINE   m   History
From the Latin name Constantinus, a derivative of CONSTANS... [more]
CORONA   f   History
Means "crown" in Latin. This was the name of a 2nd-century saint and martyr.
CYPRIAN   m   History
From the Roman family name Cyprianus which meant "from Cyprus" in Latin... [more]
CYRA   f   History
Meaning unknown... [more]
DOMITIAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Domitianus, itself derived from the family name DOMITIUS... [more]
EDANA   f   History
Latinized form of ÉTAÍN... [more]
EVERILD   f   History
Latinized form of EOFORHILD... [more]
FABIAN   m   German, Dutch, Polish, History
From the Roman cognomen Fabianus, which was derived from FABIUS... [more]
FARAMOND   m   History
Variant of FARAMUND
FLAVIAN   m   History
From the Roman family name Flavianus, which was derived from FLAVIUS... [more]
FRIDESWIDE   f   History
Modern form of the Old English name Friðuswiþ, formed of the elements frið "peace" and swiþ "strong"... [more]
GALL   m   History
Form of GALLUS
GENGHIS   m   History
From the title Genghis (or Chinggis) Khan, meaning "universal lord", which was adopted by the Mongolian leader Temujin in the late 12th century... [more]
GOBNATA   f   History
Latinate form of GOBNAIT
GORDIAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Gordianus which meant "from Gordium", Gordium being the capital of Phrygia in Asia Minor... [more]
GRATIAN   m   History
From the Roman name Gratianus, which meant "grace" from Latin gratus... [more]
HADRIAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, which meant "from Hadria" in Latin... [more]
HAMILCAR   m   Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
Means "brother of Melqart" from Phoenician ha "brother" combined with the name of the god MELQART... [more]
HAMMURABI   m   Ancient Near Eastern, History
From the Akkadian name Hammu-rapi, possibly derived from Amorite meaning "uncle is a healer"... [more]
HANNIBAL   m   Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
Means "grace of Ba'al" from Phoenician hann "grace" combined with the name of the god BA'AL... [more]
HASDRUBAL   m   Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
Means "Ba'al helps" from Phoenician azru "help" combined with the name of the god BA'AL... [more]
HIAWATHA   m   History, Native American, Iroquois
From the Iroquoian name Haio-went-ha meaning "he who combs"... [more]
HROTHGAR   m   History
Modern form of HROÐGAR
HYACINTHA   f   History
Latinate feminine form of HYACINTHUS, used to refer to the 17th-century Italian saint Hyacintha Mariscotti (real name Giacinta).
INNOCENT   m   History
From the Late Latin name Innocentius which was derived from innocens "innocent"... [more]
IVES   m   History
English form of YVES, used to refer to Saint Ives (also called Ivo) of Huntingdonshire, a semi-legendary English bishop.
JOSEPHUS   m   History
Latin form of JOSEPH, used primarily to refer to the 1st-century Jewish historian Titus Flavius Josephus.
JULITTA   f   History
Diminutive of JULIA... [more]
JUSTINIAN   m   History
From the Latin name Iustinianus, which was derived from Iustinus (see JUSTIN)... [more]
JUVENAL   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Iuvenalis which meant "youthful" in Latin... [more]
KATERI   f   History
From the Mohawk pronunciation of KATHERINE... [more]
LADISLAS   m   History
Latinized form of VLADISLAV
LADISLAUS   m   History
Latinized form of VLADISLAV
LEONARDO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, History
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEONARD... [more]
LIVY   m   History
Form of LIVIUS used to refer to the Roman historian Titus Livius.
LOTHAIR   m   History
English form of LOTHAR
LUCAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Lucanus which is of unknown meaning... [more]
MAHATMA   m   History
From the Indian title महात्मा (Mahatma) meaning "great soul", derived from Sanskrit महा (maha) "great" and आतमन (atman) "soul, spirit, life"... [more]
MAKEDA   f   History
Possibly means "greatness" in Ethiopic... [more]
MARIAMNE   f   History
From Μαριαμη (Mariame), the form of MARIA used by the historian Josephus when referring to the wife of King Herod.
MARTIAL   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Martialis, which was derived from the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]
MILBURGA   f   History
Derived from the Old English elements milde "gentle" and burg "fortress"... [more]
NAPOLEON   m   History
This was an old Italian name, used most notably by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), who was born on Corsica... [more]
OCTAVIAN   m   History, Romanian
From the Roman name Octavianus, which was derived from the name OCTAVIUS... [more]
ORIGEN   m   History
From the Greek name Ωριγενης (Origenes), which was derived from an unknown Greek element combined with the element γενης (genes) "born"... [more]
OVID   m   History
From the Roman family name Ovidius, which was possibly derived from Latin ovis "a sheep"... [more]
PÉPIN   m   History
Frankish name of unknown meaning... [more]
PLINY   m   History
From the Roman family name Plinius, which is of unknown meaning... [more]
PLUTARCH   m   History
From the Greek name Πλουταρχος (Ploutarchos), which was derived from πλουτος (ploutos) "riches, wealth" and αρχη (arche) "origin, source"... [more]
POCAHONTAS   f   History, Native American, Algonquin
Means "she is playful" in Algonquin... [more]
POMPEY   m   History
Modern form of the Roman family name Pompeius, which was probably derived from a Sabellic word meaning "five"... [more]
PTOLEMY   m   History
From the Greek name Πτολεμαιος (Ptolemaios), derived from Greek πολεμηιος (polemeios) meaning "aggressive" or "warlike"... [more]
QUINTILIAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Quintilianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name QUINTILLUS... [more]
ROXELANA   f   History
From a Turkish nickname meaning "Russian"... [more]
SALADIN   m   History
Anglicized form of SALAH-AL-DIN
SARGON   m   History
From the Akkadian name Sharru-kinu meaning "true king"... [more]
SPARTACUS   m   History
Means "from the city of Sparta" in Latin... [more]
STANISLAS   m   History
Latinized form of STANISLAV
SULEIMAN   m   History
Westernized form of SÜLEYMAN
SWITHIN   m   History
From the Old English name Swiðhun or Swiþhun, derived from swiþ meaning "strong"... [more]
SWITHUN   m   History
Variant of SWITHIN
TÁHIRIH   f   History
Variant of TAHIRA... [more]
TAMERLANE   m   History
Westernized form of Timur i Leng (see TIMUR).
TARQUIN   m   History
From the Roman name Tarquinius which is of unknown meaning, possibly Etruscan in origin... [more]
TEMUJIN   m   History
Means "of iron" in Mongolian, derived ultimately from the Turkic word temür "iron"... [more]
THECLA   f   History
English form of THEKLA
THEODORIC   m   History
From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the people", derived from the elements þeud "people" and ric "power, ruler"... [more]
TIMOUR   m   History
Variant of TIMUR
TIMUR   m   History, Turkish, Russian
From the Turkic name Temür meaning "iron"... [more]
TRAJAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Traianus, which is of unknown meaning... [more]
TULLY   m   History
Form of Tullius (see TULLIO) used to refer to the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.
URBAN   m   Danish, Swedish, Polish, Slovene, Biblical, History
From the Latin name Urbanus which meant "city dweller"... [more]
VALERIAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Valerianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name VALERIUS... [more]
VESPASIAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Vespasianus, derived either from Latin vesper meaning "west" or "evening" or vespa meaning "wasp"... [more]
VORTIGERN   m   History
English form of GWRTHEYRN
WENCESLAS   m   History
Latinized form of Veceslav (see VÁCLAV).
WENCESLAUS   m   History
Latinized form of Veceslav (see VÁCLAV).
WOLFGANG   m   German, Ancient Germanic, History
Derived from the Germanic elements wulf meaning "wolf" and gang "path"... [more]
XERXES   m   History
Greek form of the Persian name Khshayarsha which meant "ruler over heroes"... [more]
ZARATHUSTRA   m   History
Possibly means "golden camel" in Old Iranian, derived from zarat meaning "golden" combined with ushtra meaning "camel"... [more]
ZOROASTER   m   History
Greek form of ZARATHUSTRA
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